Joomla! 1.5

This is the latest version of Joomla! and is fully supported by the Joomla! Developer Team and Bug Squad.

• Download Joomla! 1.5 (then scroll to the bottom of the page).
• Confirm bugs in the Joomla! 1.5 Quality and Testing Forum
• Report bugs in the Joomla! 1.5 Bug Tracker
  
• Peruse the Version History.
• Browse the Joomla! 1.5 Source Code Repository.

Joomla! 1.0

This is the previous version of Joomla!.  Please not that only fixes to security issues are made to this version.  General bug maintenance is not carried out on this version.  If you are creating a new site from scratch, we advise that you consider using Joomla! 1.5.

• Download Joomla! 1.0 (then scroll to the bottom of the page).
• Confirm bugs in the Joomla! 1.0 Quality and Testing Board
• Report security issues in the Joomla! 1.0 Bug Tracker
• Browse the Joomla! 1.0 Source Code Repository

Accessing the Source Code

If you are developing or helping with fixing bugs, you will want to work on the most recent builds that incorporate all of the fixes that take place between releases.

There are several ways to do this. one of the simplest ways to do this is to use the nightly builds. These are created each day and incorporate whatever changes have been made through the time of creation.

In general you can simply unzip the files and overwrite your existing installation. The changelog will alert you to any other important considerations.

To stay even more up to date and to be able to easily create and apply patches, you can access the Joomla! source code repository which is run on a Subversion (SVN) server. When we get confused about Subversion we use this great Subversion book that's available for free online. Here are some quick tips for checking out and working with the Joomla! repository.

1. You will need a SVN client, like:

• TortoiseSVN http://tortoisesvn.tigris.org/
• Subclipse plugin for Eclipse http://subclipse.tigris.org/install.html

2. To checkout from the SVN, username 'anonymous' should be used with a blank password. 

3. The following repositories are available:

• 1.5 Latest SVN http://joomlacode.org/svn/joomla/development/releases/1.5
• 1.0 Release http://joomlacode.org/svn/joomla/development/releases/1.0